| Hard-to-please celeb | 20 |
| Grace Bumbry, e.g. | 18 |
| Galli-Curci was one | 19 |
| Fussy performer | 15 |
| Flagstad or Gluck | 17 |
| Egoistical, demanding sort | 26 |
| Distinguished soprano, say | 26 |
| Dion or Streisand, e.g. | 23 |
| Demanding star, maybe | 21 |
| Demander of special treatment | 29 |
| Curtain call maker, maybe | 25 |
| Covent Garden vocalist, e.g. | 28 |
| Celine, Mariah or Aretha, e.g. | 30 |
| Celine, Mariah or Aretha | 24 |
| Celine Dion, e.g. | 17 |
| Cecelia Bartoli, e.g. | 21 |
| Brava! recipient | 16 |
| Big-headed celebrity, so to speak | 33 |
| Big-headed celebrity | 20 |
| Beyoncé, e.g. | 16 |
| Beverly Sills, e.g. | 19 |
| Bette Midler's "___ Las Vegas" | 44 |
| Bette Midler, e.g. | 18 |
| Battle, for example | 19 |
| Battle, e.g. | 12 |
| Battle or Sills | 15 |
| Battle for one | 15 |
| Baker or Battle, e.g. | 21 |
| Aria star | 9 |
| Aria singer, often | 18 |
| Aprile Millo, for one | 21 |
| Aprile Millo, e.g. | 18 |
| Adelina Patti, for one | 22 |
| 1982 movie thriller | 19 |
| "Phantom of the Opera"'s Carlotta, e.g. | 53 |
| "Casta ___" (aria from "Norma") | 51 |
| "Brava!" recipient | 28 |
| "1982 Beineix thriller | 27 |
| Soft seat | 9 |
| Backless sofa | 13 |
| Furniture piece | 15 |
| Collection of poems | 19 |
| Set piece | 9 |
| Backless couch | 14 |
| Settee | 6 |
| Parlor piece, perhaps | 21 |
| Type of sofa | 12 |
| Turkish royal court | 19 |
| Parlor purchase | 15 |
| Chesterfield's cousin | 25 |
| A long, backless sofa | 21 |
| Upholstered furniture | 21 |
| Sort of sofa | 12 |
| Smoking room | 12 |
| Place to recline | 16 |
| Ottoman relative | 16 |
| Long sofa | 9 |
| Living room piece, sometimes | 28 |
| Large couch | 11 |
| Cushioned piece of furniture | 28 |
| Backless furniture | 18 |
| Armless couch | 13 |
| Variety of couch | 16 |
| Sofa's kin | 14 |
| Sitting room piece | 18 |
| Setting for an odalisque | 24 |
| Settee's cousin | 19 |
| Seat often against a wall | 25 |
| Piece to lounge on | 18 |
| Parlor furniture piece | 22 |
| Ottoman, e.g. | 13 |
| Makeshift bed, at times | 23 |
| Low couch or sofa | 17 |
| Lobby couch | 11 |
| Living room furniture piece, perhaps | 36 |
| Kin of a love seat | 18 |
| Furniture usually with pillows | 30 |
| Couch with no back | 18 |
| Backless piece | 14 |
| A long backless sofa | 20 |
| Parlor pieces | 13 |
| Living-room pieces | 18 |
| Armless couches | 15 |
| Living room pieces | 18 |
| Furniture items | 15 |
| Backless sofas | 14 |
| Oriental royal councils | 23 |
| Large sofas | 11 |
| Prima donnas | 12 |
| Opera stars | 11 |
| Opera headliners | 16 |
| Famously temperamental singers | 30 |
| Temperamental types | 19 |
| Some sopranos | 13 |
| Met stars | 9 |
| Temperamental singers | 21 |
| Stars on stage | 14 |
| Some opera headliners | 21 |
| Leading sopranos | 16 |
| High-note hitters | 17 |